Representation by Marco McNulty
- Date submitted
- 9 November 2023
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
Many aircraft en-route to Gatwick fly directly over Tunbridge Wells, a town with an estimated population of 115,700. To minimise disruption as much as possible, it would be quite easy to avoid the town and fly over more rural areas instead. Every night this past summer, aircraft traffic increased from the hours of around 9pm until the early morning, which was a nuisance and a total disregard to people’s right to peace and quiet during normal sleeping hours. Additionally, seeking to facilitate an increased volume of flights in the face of a climate crisis is a blatant disregard to the public’s interests. For these reasons, I do not trust the expansion to be handled in a way that respects people’s quality of life and therefore I am opposed to the expansion of Gatwick airport.